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Michelle Dockery

Dec 15, 1981 (43 years old) in Romford, Essex, England, UK

Michelle Suzanne Dockery (born 15 December 1981) is an English actress. She is best known for starring as Lady Mary Crawley in the ITV television period drama series Downton Abbey (2010–2015), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and three consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. She reprised her role in the films Downton Abbey (2019) and Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022).

After graduating from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Dockery made her professional stage debut in His Dark Materials in 2004. For her role as Eliza Doolittle in a 2007 London revival of Pygmalion, she was nominated for the Evening Standard Award. For her role in the 2009 play Burnt by the Sun, she earned an Olivier Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Dockery has appeared in the films Hanna (2011), Anna Karenina (2012), Non-Stop (2014), and The Gentlemen (2019). She has also played lead roles in the western miniseries Godless (2017), for which she received her fourth Emmy nomination, and the drama miniseries Defending Jacob (2020) and Anatomy of a Scandal (2022). She attended the Finch Stage School, and graduated from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in 2004

Known For

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Family Guy
British Woman (voice)
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American Dad!
Narrator (voice)
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Downton Abbey
Mary Crawley
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Waking the Dead
Gemma Morrison
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Angie Tribeca
Victoria Nova
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Defending Jacob
Laurie Barber
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Flight Risk
Madolyn
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Godless
Alice Fletcher
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The Hollow Crown
Kate Percy
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Anatomy of a Scandal
Kate Woodcroft

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